Hong Kong Open: Trevisan beats Mertens to reach the semi-finals

Italian Martina Trevisan, the No 6 seed, advanced to the last 4 of the Hong Kong Open by beating Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 3 seed, 6-4, 6-3 at the Victoria Park Tennis Center.

Trevisan, ranked No 42, will face the winner of the match between Katerina Siniakova and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next.

Ahead of her victory, the Italian won against Spaniard Cristina Bucsa (7-5, 6-2) and Pole Magdalena Frech (6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3).

Mertens, ranked No 41, defeated Australian qualifier Daria Saville (6-1, 6-4) and Russian qualifier Sofya Lansere (6-3, 7-6 (5)) in the previous rounds of the Hong Kong tournament.

Hong Kong WTA 250, other last-eight results (Victoria Park Tennis Center, Hong Kong, hard, USD 259.303, most recent results first):

• Katerina Siniakova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Anna Blinkova (5) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 7-6 (3), 6-3